Chapter I PRELIMINARY

1. (1) This Regulation may be called the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Fire and Emergency Service Regulation, 2026.
2. (2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
3. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Administrator may, by notification, in the Official Gazette, appoint.

In this Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires,—

1. (a) “Additional Director” means the Additional Director of Fire and Emergency Service referred to in clause (ii) of section 6;
2. (b) “Appellate Authority” means the Appellate Authority referred to in sub-section (1) of section 31;
3. (c) “Building” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Municipal) Regulation, 1994 or the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Panchayats) Regulation, 1994 or the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Town and Country Planning Regulation, 1994 or any other law for the time being in force in the Union territory in the area in which this Regulation is in force and includes places or premises comprising land or building, or part of a land or building, whether authorised or otherwise, outhouses, if any, pertaining to such building or part thereof and petrol, diesel or gas lines, installations or pumps connection therewith;
4. (d) “Building bye-laws” means the bye-laws made under the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Municipal) Regulation, 1994 or the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Panchayats) Regulation, 1994 or Town and Country Planning Rules and Regulations or any other bye-law for the time being in force in the area in which this regulation is in force;
5. (e) “bye-law” means fire safety norms or guidelines made by the Government under this Regulation;
6. (f) “Deputy Director” means the Deputy Director of Fire and Emergency Service referred to in clause (iv) of section 6;
7. (g) “Director” means the Director of the Fire and Emergency Service referred to in clause (i) of section 6;
8. (h) “disaster” means disaster as defined in clause (d) of section 2 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005;
   • (i) “emergency” means any serious situation or occurrence, including disasters, that happens unexpectedly and demands immediate action or response of the emergency service;
9. (j) “employee” means a person appointed to the Fire and Emergency Service under this Regulation;
10. (k) “erector” means a person or an association of persons, whether corporate or otherwise, who erects or makes a pandal or any structure for occupation of people on a regular or temporary basis;
11. (l) “Fire and Emergency Service” means the Andaman and Nicobar Fire and Emergency Service;
12. (m) “Fire Officer” means a person appointed as Fire Officer under section 9;
13. (n) “fire prevention and life safety measures” means such measures as are necessary for the containment, control and extinguishing of fire and for ensuring the safety of life and property as may be prescribed;
14. (o) “fire property” means land and building used as fire stations, firefighting appliances, equipment, tools implements and things whatsoever used for firefighting and other means of transport used in connection with the firefighting, uniforms and badges of rank;
15. (p) “Fire Safety Officer” means the person appointed as the Fire Safety Officer by the owners and occupiers of certain premises and buildings under section 28;
16. (q) “Fire Station” means a building erected to house the firefighting equipment, appliances and staff declared generally or specially by the Government to be a fire station for the purpose of this Regulation;
17. (r) “Government” means the Union territory Administration of Andaman and Nicobar Islands headed by the Administrator; “Joint Director” means the Joint Director of Fire and Emergency Service referred to in clause (iii) of section 6;
18. (t) “local authority” means the authorities constituted under the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Municipal) Regulation, 1994 or the Panchayati Raj Institutions created under the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Panchayats) Regulation, 1994 or a body or authority created under any other law, which may be notified in this behalf by the Central Government or the Administration of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, as the case may be;
19. (u) “Nominated Authority” means—
    • (i) a Fire Officer not below the rank of a station officer nominated by the Deputy Director by an order; or
    • (ii) any other Municipal Officer, not below the rank of a station officer of fire service, nominated by the Government, as a Nominated Authority for the purposes of this Regulation;
    • (v) “notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette and the expression “notified” shall be construed accordingly;
20. (w) “occupancy” means the principal occupancy for which a building or a part of a building is used or intended to be used including subsidiary occupancies which are contingent upon it;
    • (x) “occupier” means—
    • (i) any person who, for the time being, is paying or is liable to pay, to the owner the rent or any portion of the rent of the land or building in respect of which such rent is paid or is payable;
    • (ii) an owner in occupation of, or otherwise using his land or building;
    • (iii) a rent-free tenant of any land or building;
    • (iv) a licensee in occupation of any land or building; and
    • (v) any person who is liable to pay to the owner, damages for the use and occupation of any land or building;
21. (y) “Official Gazette” means the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Gazette;
22. (z) “owner” means a person who, for the time being, is entitled to receive the rent of any land or building, whether on his own account or on account of himself and others and includes an agent, trustee, guardian or receiver or any other person, or who should so receive the rent or be entitled to receive it if the land or building or part thereof were let to a tenant;
23. (za) “pandal” means a temporary structure with roof or walls made of straw, hay, ulu grass, golpatta, hogla, darma, mat, canvas, cloth or other like material which is not adopted for permanent or continuous occupancy;
24. (zb) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made by the Government under this Regulation and the expression “prescribe” shall be construed accordingly;
25. (zc) “Qualified Agency” means a person or an association of persons having technical specialisation in the field of Fire or Civil or Mechanical Engineering or Technology or Industrial Safety or Disaster Management or Chemical Science from a recognised university and has sufficient domain knowledge and accomplishments in the field of fire services;
26. (zd) “Second Appellate Authority” means the Director of the Fire and Emergency Service;
27. (ze) “specified” means as specified by an order under this Regulation and the expression “specify” shall be construed accordingly;
28. (zf) “Standing Fire Advisory Council” means the advisory body constituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Central Government to examine the technical problems relating to the Fire and Emergency Service;
29. (zg) “Union territory” means the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.